Modern Corfu offers numerous services. Visitors are surprised by the variety of shops, Greek as well as overseas banks, a new hospital, and local and regional administration headquarters. Sports facilities include an 18-hole golf course, the cricket ground, innumerable tennis courts, a wealth of possibilities for divers, riding, mountain biking, trekking routes as well as the Mediterranean's best marina, which attract sports fanatics from all over the world.
Here you will find traditional taverns, good restaurants, cafes and bistros, inspired by the lengthy Corfiot tradition as well as by international cuisine. Corfu's night amusement in clubs as well as spontaneous beach party’s underlines what in Greece is called "xefantoma" - a big bender. There are daily many ferries to Italy as well as flights to almost every airport in
Europe. This minimises distance for those who have selected Corfu to be their holiday resort, their second home away from home or even a permanent basis.
Corfu is truly cosmopolitan with almost 10% of its permanent population made up of non-Greek nationals and is a modern example of happy coexistence of varied populations and cultures. Narrow and crooked Venetian streets, old mansions, traditional villages, music bands, the impressive fortresses as well as unique classical Greek monuments compose the particularity of Corfu's unique culture in the Mediterranean Sea. Blessed by the ancient Greek gods and protected by its people, Corfu is a paradise one should get to know, live on and fall in love with.
The
beaches of Corfu belong to Europe's most cleanest and beautiful ones. Apart from swimming and sunbathing you can practise a diversity of water sports such as canoe, water-skiing and parasailing. At the bigger and better reachable beaches you can hire chairs and you will find outdoor cafés and restaurants at the seaside. For those who seek peace and quietness, you can find these at the smaller bays that sometimes need some effort to be reached!